Ken Jennings (actor)

American stage actor

For the Jeopardy! game show contestant and host, see Ken Jennings. For the cricketer, see Kenneth Jennings (cricketer).

Kenneth Jennings (born October 10, 1947) is an American stage actor, most famous for his role as Tobias Ragg in the 1979 Broadway premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Jennings received the 1979 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for this role. He has also performed in several other shows, including Urinetown in 2001.

Jennings was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He attended St. Peter's Preparatory School and St. Peter's College, both Catholic schools located in his hometown of Jersey City.[1]

He performed the voice of Dinty Doyle in the 1981 Rankin/Bass stop motion animated Christmas special The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold, as well as Hunter #2 in the 1982 animated film The Last Unicorn.

## NYC theatre credits[edit]

* 1975: All God's Chillun Got Wings – Shorty
* 1979: Sweeney Todd – Tobias Ragg
* 1985: Mayor – Ensemble
* 1989: Grand Hotel – Georg Strunk
* 1994: A Christmas Carol – Lamplighter/Ghost of Christmas Past
* 1997: London Assurance – Mr. Adolphus Spanker
* 1997: Side Show – The Boss
* 2001: Urinetown – Old Man Strong/Hot Blades Harry
* 2006: Mimi le Duck – The Gypsy

## Other performances[edit]

* Astuter Computer Revue at Epcot from October 1, 1982, to January 2, 1984[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Janiga, Bruce. "Side by Side with Ken Jennings", Sondheim.com, undated. Accessed July 23, 2008. "I lived in Jersey City, went to St. Peter's Prep, went to St. Peter's College on a dramatic scholarship."
2. ^ "Astuter Computer Revue at Walt Disney World". WDWHistory.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012.

## External links[edit]

* Ken Jennings at the Internet Broadway Database
* Ken Jennings at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
* Sondheim.com: Side by Side with Ken Jennings
* Ken Jennings discography at Discogs
* Ken Jennings at IMDb

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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1975–2000|

* Ted Ross (1975)
* George Rose (1976)
* Ken Bichel / Michael Mark / John Miller / Joseph Saulter (1977)
* Kevin Kline (1978)
* Ken Jennings (1979)
* Bob Gunton (1980)
* Tony Azito (1981)
* Cleavant Derricks (1982)
* Charles Coles (1983)
* Martin Vidnovic (1984)
* René Auberjonois (1985)
* Michael Rupert (1986)
* Michael Maguire (1987)
* Robert Westenberg (1988)
* Michael Jeter (1990)
* Bruce Adler (1991)
* Scott Waara (1992)
* Mark Michael Hutchinson (1993)
* Jarrod Emick (1994)
* Wilson Jermaine Heredia (1996)
* Joel Grey (1997)
* Gregg Edelman (1998)
* Roger Bart (1999)
* Stephen Spinella (2000)

2001–2022|

* Gary Beach (2001)
* Shuler Hensley (2002)
* Dick Latessa (2003)
* Raúl Esparza (2004)
* Denis O'Hare (2005)
* Jim Dale (2006)
* Gavin Lee (2007)
* Boyd Gaines (2008)
* Gregory Jbara (2009)
* Christopher Fitzgerald (2010)
* John Larroquette (2011)
* Michael McGrath (2012)
* Bertie Carvel (2013)
* James Monroe Iglehart (2014)
* Christian Borle (2015)
* Christopher Fitzgerald (2016)
* Gavin Creel (2017)
* Gavin Lee (2018)
* André De Shields (2019)
* Christian Borle (2020)
* No Award (2021)
* Matt Doyle (2022)

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